The present study examined the effects of the family violence on the adolescents We studied with random samples of both 5 high school boy and girl students, who were referred to the Taegu District Public Prosecutors Office during 2000. 2.-3. Data were...
The present study examined the effects of the family violence on the adolescents We studied with random samples of both 5 high school boy and girl students, who were referred to the Taegu District Public Prosecutors Office during 2000. 2.-3. Data were collected by individual interviews with co-therapist observations and case process recording review. The results were as follows. 1. All the assailants of violence had experienced family violence and witnessed violence between their parents. 2. If the assailants of family violence had personality traits like alcoholism or morbid suspicion of his wife`s charity, they were more likely to commit serious violence toward their children or spouse. 3. The effects from exposure to family violence on adolescents were diverse. The adolescents who experienced family violence were more likely to suffer school-adaptational problems, behavior problems and mental disorders as well as school violence. Those who have experienced verbal violence and disciplinary punishment showed school-adaptational problems and behavior problems. Moreover, those who have suffered both with verbal violence and serious physical violence were found to have mental disorders as well. 4. According to the result of the ISE(Index of Self-Esteem) test, boys were more likely to choose violence as a mean of the solution of their problems than girls. Even though subjects suffered from severe physical violence, however, if they had family support systems, they were likely to be prevented from suffering severe psychiatric trauma later on. In Summary, victims by family violence manifested serious psychiatric disturbances and they clinically significant risk factors and they became perpetrators of school violence.